DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away six years ago. She was a manipulative woman who had alienated all family members except my adult son. Related Articles Dear Abby: Why should I play holiday host to ...

Dear Abby: How does one approach, by phone, email or in person, a couple—close friends of many years—whose husband is slipping into dementia? Do we acknowledge and commiserate, pretend nothing is ...

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DEAR ANNIE: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2026! A New Year has arrived; the last one is safely behind us. As always, this New Year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning. Today presents an opportunity to discard ...

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DEAR ABBY: While we were attending a friend’s family barbecue, “Willa,” a young mother of four, drank too much and became ill. Drugs may have been involved. Related Articles Dear Abby: My husband ...

Dear Annie: I feel like my entire life is built around not disappointing people. I say yes at work when I am already stretched thin. I say yes to family favors, extra projects at my kid’s school and ...

DEAR ABBY: When we mail a sympathy card to a grieving friend many miles away, we often enclose a check to help finance a memorial to their church or other favored institution. Our problem comes three ...

DEAR ABBY: Some people hint that they want to get on our social calendar, yet they expect us to be the ones to invite them. An example: “Say, when are we getting together for dinner?” is repeated ...

Four police officers were among those wounded by Mr. Dear in his 2015 rampage when he targeted the clinic in Colorado Springs. By Rylee Kirk Robert L. Dear Jr., who opened fire at a Planned Parenthood ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs a decade ago died in custody over the ...